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Madagascar vs. Indonesia Cost of Living Summary

Madagascar is 22.4% more expensive than Indonesia overall.

Restaurants: pay 63.3% more in Madagascar
Groceries: pay 15.4% less in Madagascar
Transportation: pay 2.1 times more in Madagascar
Housing: pay 26.3% more in Madagascar
Childcare: pay 5.8% less in Madagascar
Entertainment and Sports: pay 4.7% more in Madagascar
Clothing: pay 27.0% less in Madagascar

The cost of transportation, restaurants, housing, and entertainment and sports in Madagascar are more expensive than in Indonesia. Expenses including clothing, groceries, and childcare are lower in Madagascar. Notably, transportation is significantly more expensive in Madagascar.

Madagascar vs. Indonesia Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Madagascar instead of Indonesia, you would:

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pay 63.3% more for restaurants

	Indonesia	Madagascar
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$1.75 IDR29,535.88	$3.04 MGA13,462	+73.6%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$3.16 IDR53,217.53	$4.73 MGA20,936	+49.8%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.60 IDR10,184.26	$0.82 MGA3,629	+35.7%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.32 IDR5,404.88	$0.62 MGA2,755	+94.1%
Average			+63.3%

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pay 15.4% less for groceries

	Indonesia	Madagascar
Bread 1 loaf	$1.20 IDR20,187.71	$0.88 MGA3,880	-26.8%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.49 IDR75,698.47	$5.36 MGA23,733	+19.4%
Milk (1 gallon)	$4.86 IDR81,851.55	$3.89 MGA17,212	-19.9%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.56 IDR26,351.75	$1.97 MGA8,723	+26.1%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.37 IDR23,074.45	$2.63 MGA11,662	+92.5%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.18 IDR19,937.92	$0.64 MGA2,837	-45.8%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.64 IDR10,765.66	$0.33 MGA1,470	-48.0%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.82 IDR13,843.84	$0.57 MGA2,505	-31.1%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.60 IDR10,136.28	$0.41 MGA1,809	-32.0%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.57 IDR9,655.09	$0.29 MGA1,269	-49.9%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.88 IDR14,769.49	$0.40 MGA1,792	-53.8%
Average			-15.4%

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pay 2.1 times more for transportation

	Indonesia	Madagascar
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$2.89 IDR48,696.25	$4.44 MGA19,652	+53.7%
Monthly public transit pass	$11.28 IDR190K	??
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$25,317.01 IDR427M	$12,651.72 MGA56M	-50.0%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$4.00 IDR67,465.62	$17.17 MGA76,002	+329.0%
Average			+110.9%

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pay 26.3% more for housing

	Indonesia	Madagascar
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$21.83 IDR368K	$60.23 MGA267K	+175.9%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$278.11 IDR5M	$257.49 MGA1M	-7.4%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$163.62 IDR3M	$71.69 MGA317K	-56.2%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$48.30 IDR814K	$44.95 MGA199K	-7.0%
Average			+26.3%

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pay 5.8% less for childcare

	Indonesia	Madagascar
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$103.11 IDR2M	$46.54 MGA206K	-54.9%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$6,023.79 IDR102M	$8,634.52 MGA38M	+43.3%
Average			-5.8%

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pay 4.7% more for entertainment and sports

	Indonesia	Madagascar
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.64 IDR44,575.65	$0.82 MGA3,614	-69.1%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.59 IDR26,760.84	$1.33 MGA5,885	-16.3%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.30 IDR38,832.47	$1.73 MGA7,675	-24.7%
Monthly membership at local gym	$24.24 IDR409K	$29.94 MGA133K	+23.5%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$3.08 IDR51,880.37	$6.47 MGA28,654	+110.3%
Average			+4.7%

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pay 27.0% less for clothing

	Indonesia	Madagascar
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$42.70 IDR720K	$19.48 MGA86,212	-54.4%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$28.41 IDR479K	$17.20 MGA76,155	-39.4%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$69.59 IDR1M	$70.84 MGA314K	+1.8%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$66.00 IDR1M	$55.48 MGA246K	-15.9%
Average			-27.0%

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The statistics used to build this comparison are calculated using data from users just like you. We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Learn more about our data sources. Page last updated: February 2026

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